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South Africa isn’t considered a “space” nation, per se, but the country is in the process of developing a national space policy, one that may involve the private sector to a significant degree, according to an article in the South African magazine Engineering News. Responsibility for a national space policy, according to 1993 legislation, belongs […] The Air Force has completed its Nunn-McCurdy review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and concluded that, yes, the system is important to national security and should continue. However, the Air Force and NOAA have made some significant changes to the project, whose cost had ballooned to $13.8 billion, according to Space […] These guidelines should go without saying, but given the tenor of the comment threads of some recent posts, a refresher may be order: don’t post off-topic comments, don’t post comments with vulgar language, and don’t post personal attacks on one another. If these guidelines are unacceptable to you, please troll elsewhere. Thanks for your cooperation. In an op-ed in Friday’s edition of the Washington Times, Fred Stakelbeck Jr., a “foreign affairs analyst based in Philadelphia”, argues that the Bush Administration’s decision to pursue potential cooperation with China in space is evidence that overall US policy regarding China is showing signs of inconsistency, with “pro-engagement” initiatives in space and other areas […] Most people in the US have not heard about the “Clearstream” scandal that’s currently rocking French politics; I admit I had not until last week, although the controversy has been brewing for weeks. In an article in this week’s issue of The Space Review, Taylor Dinerman provides a capsule summary of the scandal and its […] The Planetary Society is taking out ads today in several publications, including the Washington Post, calling for the reversal of planned cutbacks in NASA space science programs. The Post ad, a quarter-page black-and-white ad in the bottom-right part of page A26, notes that “NASA is poised to sharply curtail its exploration of the solar system […] While I normally don’t scan the so-called blogosphere for commentary about space policy, one post on Blogcritics.org caught my eye: “Bush Guts Critical Science Projects And Outsources NASA Projects To India To Further His Ambitions”. The author, who identifies himself as only “Jet in Columbus”, decries both the cutbacks in NASA science programs and the […] [For some reason this got published with the wrong title this morning. I’d like to blame some technical error, but it was most likely human error induced by caffeine deprivation.] A federal judge last week dismissed an amended antitrust lawsuit against the United Launch Alliance filed by SpaceX, the Space Law Probe blog reports. (See […] Has the US entered a “new era of space diplomacy”? That’s the claim of an AP article that tried to tie together the recent US-India accord to fly NASA instruments on India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission as well as plans for NASA administrator Mike Griffin to travel to China later this year. James Lewis of the […] The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports this morning that Boeing and the Justice Department have reached a settlement involving federal investigations of impropriety by the company, including its launch business. (For those who don’t have WSJ.com subscription, check the free Reuters and MarketWatch articles.) Under the agreement, Boeing would pay $615 million to close […] |
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